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Repairs to roof of Dublin's Pearse station to cause disruption to Irish Rail users this weekend

Engineering works at Pearse are also planned for 21-22 March and 25-26 April.

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IRISH RAIL USERS will face some disruption this week as works are carried out on the Pearse Station roof.

As a result of the work, Tara Street and Pearse stations will be closed today and tomorrow. No Dart services will operate between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock. 

Dart services will operation on the northside between Howth or Malahide to Connolly only. 

On the southside, Dart services will operate between Greystones or Bray to Grand Canal Dock. 

Bus transfers will operate between Connolly and Bray only and will connect with the train at Bray station. 

Services to Rosslare Europort will operate to and from the Bray. 

Engineering works at Pearse are also planned for 21-22 March and 25-26 April. 

In October 2018, Irish Rail announced details of a €17 million project to replace the roof at Pearse Station, the busiest in Dublin’s commuter network.

The structure, which dates from the 1880s, is in poor condition and corrosion has led the transport company to install a protective mesh underneath it to protect passengers and trains.

Its replacement has therefore been identified by Irish Rail as a “crucial safety project”.

Works to replace the roof, which will aim to retain the appearance and character of the original structure, is taking place across 13 weekends over a period of 23 months.

The works, which started last October, will take place up to July 2020.

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    Apr 23rd 2022, 3:48 PM

    Not looking good. Best of luck to all involved.

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    If the boat was licensed to carry that amount of passengers than it should have adequate life rafts and life jackets aboard. Hopefully they had time to get off safely before boat capsized.

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    Apr 23rd 2022, 7:16 PM

    @Skipper Mac: Everyone was wearing a life jacket and if they got on a life boat they may have drifted. If they all got off before it sank they have a chance of being found but no chance being alive if just in cold waters after 8 hours and not a life raft

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    Apr 24th 2022, 11:09 AM

    10 dead and 16 missing, not looking good for anyone at the moment. May they Rest in Peace.

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    Apr 24th 2022, 7:29 PM

    The captain sounds like a total flute. Ran them aground in shallow waters before, and now ignored calls to not go out, while passing all the fishing boats returning to shore coz it wasn’t safe. Went on ahead anyway. He should’ve been sacked long ago, and now he’s responsible for 26 people dying. The tour company need to get investigated big time. Might’ve been them who told him to plough on ahead coz they didn’t wanna issue refunds,

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